BILL NUMBER: SCR 42	CHAPTERED  01/19/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   2
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JANUARY 19, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 31, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 14, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Murray

                        JULY 1, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 42--Relative to a sister state
relationship with the Western Cape Province, South Africa.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 42, Murray.  Sister state:  Western Cape Province, South
Africa.
   This measure would, on behalf of the people of the State of
California, extend an invitation to the people of the Western Cape
Province, South Africa, to join California as a sister state, and to
commit to the development of programs to foster social, economic,
educational, scientific, and cultural exchanges in order to
strengthen economic ties, and improve international understanding and
goodwill between the two states.




   WHEREAS, The Western Cape Province of South Africa contains an
amazing diversity of features and geographic subregions, including
the arid Karoo, the lush Boland and Southern Cape hills and forest
stretches, the rugged west and southwest coastlines, and the open
grainfields in the western interior as well as the grazing fields of
the Klein Karoo; and
   WHEREAS, The Western Cape Province has one of the finest and most
diverse natural environments in the world, with the fynbos kingdom
probably the best known both inside and outside the country; and
   WHEREAS, The economy of the region depends largely on
manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism, and some of the finest wines
in the world are produced in the Western Cape Province, while Cape
Town has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the
world; and
   WHEREAS, The most important industries of Western Cape Province
consist of textiles, fishing, printing, and publishing; and
   WHEREAS, The Western Cape Province has a population of
approximately four million people, which represents 10 percent of
South Africa's total population; and
   WHEREAS, Cape Town is South Africa's largest city and the
legislative capital of South Africa, and the seat of South Africa's
Parliament; and
   WHEREAS, The region is located at about 34 degrees latitude, and
in the Cape Town-Boland area the climate is comparable with that of
California's Mediterranean climate with warm summers and cool, wet
winters; and
   WHEREAS, The Western Cape Province shares many geographic and
cultural similarities with the State of California; now, therefore,
be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California,
on behalf of the people of the State of California, hereby extends an
invitation to the people of the Western Cape Province, South Africa,
to join California as a sister state, and to commit to the
development of programs to foster social, economic, educational,
scientific, and cultural exchanges in order to strengthen economic
ties, and improve international understanding and goodwill between
the two states; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Consul General of South Africa, to the provincial
government of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, to the
Governor of California, and to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States.
